HAYLEY GILLESPIE - CAIRNS QUEENSLAND POSTCARD - "Gimuy" Cairns
HAYLEY GILLESPIE - CAIRNS QUEENSLAND POSTCARD - "Gimuy" Cairns
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GIMUY QUEENSLAND POSTCARD
15CM X 10.5CM
GIMUY- (ghee-moy)
The Gimuy-walubarra yidi are the traditional custodians of the Cairns and surrounding district. Gimuy is the traditional place name for the area Cairns City now occupies. Gimuy being the Yidiny name of the slippery blue fig (ficus albipila) that grew in large number in this area. Walu being the Yidiny name for side of the hill and barra meaning people belonging to.
HAYLEY GILLESPIE
Born in London in 1972, Hayley Gillespie relocated to Cairns in 1996. She has been a professional artist since 1989, in a variety of guises.
From theatre and set design, artwork for London Council and Royal Park's, and designing and decorating children's furniture for the exclusive retail stores of London.
In Australia she has worked in painted advertising, brochure design, signs and murals.
Deciding to concentrate on canvas in 2003, she has drawn inspiration from her own childhood in 1970`s, Australia`s colours and lifestyle, and the iconography of both.